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IRONING BOARD. No. 294,708. Patented Mar. 4,1884.

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JOI-IN C. VEST, OF CLARKSVILLE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JEFFERSON D. SMITH, OFSAME PLAGE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,708, dated March 4, 1884.

y Application filed October 13, 1883. (Nomodci.)

.To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, JOHN C. Wnsr, a citi zen of the United States, and a resident of Clarksville, in the county of Pike and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a -full clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my improved ironing-board. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, when folded up, when not in use. Fig. 3 is a bottom view ofthe same, and Fig. 4L is a side view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.'

My invention has relation to ironing-boards; and it consists in the detailed construction and combination of parts of a folding ironingtable, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A A indicate two legs, connected near their upper ends by two cross-pieces, B and C, one

upon each side ofthe legs, and the one a short distance'above the other. rIwo converginglegs, D, are hinged at their upper ends to the lower of the cross-pieces, and bear with their beveled ends against the outer side of the same, resting upon the ground with their outer ends in an oblique position. Two rods, E, are hinged to the inclined legs or braces near their other ends, and have hooks F at their outer ends, which are adapted to engage staples G upon the lower portions of theupright legs and staples II upon the upper ends of the oblique legs, serving to brace the in'- clined legs when they are braced against the ground, while they are hooked into the staples upon the inclined legs when the said legs are folded up. Upon the upper sides of the inclined. legs, near their upper ends, are hinged two short uprights, I, connected at their upper ends by a cross-piece, J, and adapted to be folded down upon the inclined legs, and to be raised, resting with their beveled lower'ends upon the upper sides of the said legs, with their upper ends and the crossi .piece in height with the upper. side of the lower cross-.piece upon the upright legs. Two short rods, K, are hinged to the upper ends of the upright legs, and are adapted to engage with their hooked outer ends, L, two staples, M, upon the sides of the'inclined legs, when the latter are folded up, holding them in position.

' N is the ironing-board proper, and is provided with a transverse cleat, O, upon the upper side of its inner end, and with ashorter cleat, l?, upon its under side, a distance from the outer cleat equal to the distan ce from the outer side of the upper cross-piece to the in-I ner side of the lower cross-piece, and of a length equal to the distance between the upper ends of the inclined legs, and the board is supported upon the support formed by the legs by inserting the end provided with the cleats between the two cross-pieces, with the outer cleat bearing against the outer side of the upper cross-piece, and with the inner cleat bearing against the inner side of the lower cross-piece, fitting between the upper ends of the inclined legs. A board, Q, is secured upon the upper side of the upper cross-piece, and a plate, R, of metal, having its ends bent downward, is secured by the said ends upon the board, and supported at its center by an upwardly-doubled plate, S, fastened to the v board, and bearing with its upper doubled end against the under side of the plate, which plate serves for the purpose of placing thehot fiat-irons upon.

It will be seen that the board may be swung upward between the cross-pieces, and that the inclined legs may be swung up against the under side of the same, after having unhooked the long hooked rods and folded the short upright support against the upper side of the inclined legs, when the short hooks may be hooked into their appropriate staples and the long hooks be hooked into the staples upon the upper ends of the inclined legs, when the entire vhoard and support may be placed IOO and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 'lhe eombnatonmith nu ironing-board having n transverse cleat at one end projecting above its upper surface, of two upright legs connected at their upper endsby Cross-pieces, one upon each sido of the legs :1nd one zt distance :there the other corresponding to the thickness of the board7 :1S described, and means for Supporting the outer portion of the boord, and for bracing the legs, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 111)," own I have hereunto affixed my signin ture in presence of two witnesses. 

